Oil-tank for delivery-wagons.



PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905.

J. N. GIBSON.

OIL TANK FOR DELIVERY WAGONS.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 15, 1904.

Witneowo NITED STATES Patented February '7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

OIL-TANK FOR DELIVERY-WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION 'fOlming' part of Letters Patent No. 781,719, datedFebruary '7, 1905.

Application filed July 15,1904. Serial No. 216,747.

To all 1071,0112, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES N. GIBSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in Greeley, in the county of \Veld and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Tanks forDelivery-lVagons, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention consists in a combined oil tank and measuring vesseladapted to be secured to the under side of a wagon-body, preferably atthe rear end thereof, thus avoiding the danger of contamination of otherarticles in the wagon from contact with the oil and avoiding thenecessity of loading customers oil-cans into the wagon to be filled andreturned.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a wagonprovided with my oil-tank, and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectionof the storage-tank and the measuring-tank.

A designates the wagon, and B the rear axle thereof.

To the under side of the wagon-body A and preferably to the rear of theaxle B is secured the closed storage-tank 1, preferably made of sheetmetal in substantially the form shown. The storage-tank 1 may be securedto the wagon-body by means of straps 2 and bolts 2, or in any otherdesired manner. At one end the storage-tank 1 is provided with afilling-pipe 4:, adapted to be closed by a cap 5, and with a gage-glass6 of usual construction to indicate the level of the oil in thestoragetank.

To the under side of the storage-tank 1 is secured the measuring-tank 7,which is preferably made in the form of a cylinder with closed ends andsuspended from the storagetank by straps 8, of metal or other suitablematerial. The measuring-tank '7 communicates with the supply-tank 1 bymeans of a pipe 9, provided with a valve 10, and atits bottom isprovided with adischarge-valve 11, to which is attached a flexible tubeof rubber or other suitable material, through which the measured oil maybe discharged into the customers can 13. The tube 12 when not in use isheld by the clip 14:, secured to the top of the measuring-tank T.

The measuring-tank T is provided with an inspection-tube 15, extendingthrough the top thereof and preferably located near the center of themeasuring-tank T, as shown. This inspection-tube 15 is provided with ahinged lid 16, normally held closed by a spring 17. It is also cut awayat one or both sides, as at 18, and is provided with cross-bars 19 and20. The measuring-tank T is preferably made to hold one gallon of oilwhen filled to the level of the bar 20, and the bar 19 is so positionedtherein as to indi *ate half a gallon when the tank is filled so thatthe oil stands at its level.

The operation is as follows: The storage tank 1 is first filled with oilthrough the tube 1, and the cap 5 is placed thereon. The measuring ofthe oil is unnecessary, as the gageglass 6 shows the level of the oil inthe storage-tank. The oil is now contained in the tightly-closedstorage-tank 1 and may be transported without the slightest danger ofcontaminating the goods carried in the wagon A. \Vhen a sale of oil ismade, the valve 11 being closed and the cover 16 being raised, the valve10 is opened and oil is allowed to flow from the storage-tankl into themeasuring-tank 7 until it reaches the level of the bar 19 or the bar 20,as desired. The valve 10 is then closed, and the tube 12 being placed inthe customers can the valve 11 is opened and the measured oil is allowedto run thereinto.

\Vhile I have shown the preferred form of my invention, 1 do not desireto be limited to the exactdetails thereof, as many slightmodilicationsmay be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secure byLetters .latent, is

In an oil-tank for delivery-wagons, the combination with a storage-tank,adapted to be secured to the under side of an ordinary wagon-body, saidstorage-tank being provided with a gageglass and a filling-tube adaptedto be closed by a cap, of a horizontally-arranged cylind riealmeasuring-tank suspended therefrom and communicating therel charge-tubewhen not in use, substantially as IO described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES N. GIBSON. Witnesses:

'HoWARD C. KNIGHT,

MILTON A. LYONS.

